11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... could also be deferred for a week reports SpaceNews. Tianzhou-2 docked with Tianhe at the end of May to ... said Yu Lei, an engineer in charge of power supply to the Tianzhou-2 project. "They can undergo both separate and mutual charging." Tianhe, ...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
... be able to carry six astronauts or a crew of three if a cargo payload up to 500 kilograms is carried on board. In comparison, China’s Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft that was developed to resupply the country’s space station, can carry a cargo of 6,500...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... further safety guarantees. In the case of Shenzhou or Tianzhou cargo vehicles being grounded, China could also continue with ... the Shenzhou, and the CZ-7, planned to launch the Tianzhou cargo vehicles, will fall slightly short of the required payload...
28 December 2020
First piece of the Chinese Space Station is set to launch in 2021
... year, Jianping said China will launch the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-12 crewed spacecraft... months, Jianping added. Once that mission is complete, the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-13 crewed spacecraft will be launched...
29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
... the successful launching into orbit of the Tianhe core module of the China Space Station, the Tianzhou-II and Tianzhou-III cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-XII and Shenzhou-XIII crewed spacecraft. The China Space...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
...) AsiaSat in 1995, and missions for Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Holdings. A robotic arm repositions the Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship during a test at China’s Tiangong space station on 6 January 2022. The success rate of these initial...
